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Place Description: Located off Highway 35 in Dixonville. Kitchen shelter, RV station, showers, laundry, playground. Rates: $20 no power / $25 power

Place Description: This guest house provides luxurious accommodations on the banks of the Mighty Peace River. A stunning view of the Peace River, hills and valley, will captivate you as you relax on the deck or in the hot tub. Rentals of rooms only, or the whole house! Perfect for small meetings, vacationers, private parties and small weddings.

Place Description: Some of the most stunning scenery on the planet can be seen from the top of the Peace River Banks.   An excellent example of this is the Carters Camp area.  As visitors descend down into the river valley, they can enjoy the views of the river below and the hills around them.  Arriving into the Carters Camp area which is located adjacent the river, visitors will most likely stop and admire the view before them!  There are two separate camping areas here.  The boat launch area is just before the main camping area. Both campgrounds are well equipped with camp kitchens, outhouses, fire pits, picnic tables and playgrounds.  Try your luck at a game of horseshoes and when you’re ready to relax, there’s lots of fire wood available for a long enjoyable campfire in the evening! Many of the campsites offer a river view that will take your breath away.   The Carters Camp campground area is where the Montagneuse River empties into the Peace River.  This makes for many interesting areas to hike and explore.  Campers can enjoy playing in the water and also try their hand at fishing!  Keep your eyes open for wildlife along the river and high on the banks.   This area is named for Art and Anna Carter who were pioneers of the area and settled near the mouth of the Montagneuse River in 1917.  A monument to this adventurous couple can be seen along the road into the campsite.   Carters Camp can be found 25km west of Hines Creek on highway 685.  For information call – 780-685-3925 

Place Description: Escape the hustle and bustle! Little Prairie RV Park is nestled in the pristine Mighty Peace. Located 1 km south of Manning, Alberta on Highway 35. The park offers incredible scenery, quiet and relaxing surroundings and endless outdoor activities for all to enjoy. There are great hiking trails near the campground where you are almost always guaranteed to see wildlife. The park is a great location for group gatherings; equipped with a common fire pit, gazebo, horseshoe pit, badminton court and volley ball court. The park also offers sightseeing tours of the area and jet boat cruises on the Peace River. There are fire-it’s and firewood available at all sites, as well as a large firepit in the common area. Not to mention an active 3000′ airstrip adjoining the park. With a bit of a heads up, the park can arrange for almost any activity one could imagine. Make the Little Prairie RV Park your next camping destination and experience the exceptional camping holiday you deserve.  

Services:

• 31 spots available
• 30 amp & 50 amp power
• Portable water
• Sewer
• FREE firewood
• Horseshoe pits
• Playground

 

Cost:

• $40/night & $900/month
• $14/ day for tents

   

Place Description: Mill Brown Park is located in the Village of Nampa. The Village of Nampa is a quaint little town that is home to almost 400 of the friendliest Albertans. The park is walking distance to a restaurant called Farmers Restaurant. This restaurant has a very unique dining experience with delicious Canadian inspired food. The Nampa and District Museum is walking distance as well. At the Museum you can explore the legendary Mighty Peace, from the fur trade to modern times, through the exhibits at the museum. Mill Brown Park has 6 paved stalls, power hookups, water supply, playground, tennis court, ball diamonds, hiking trails to the Heart River and a RV Dump.

Place Description: Community Park and Campground, the bouncy pillow at Cecil Thompson Park has fast become a landmark in the community of Northern Sunrise County. In addition to the bouncy pillow the park features; challenging outdoor exercise equipment, a wonderful fishing pond, a beautiful gazebo and a walking bridge. A perfect location to spend the day or spend the night at one of the 5 unserviced lots, available first come first serve at no charge.   The bouncy pillow is available from 8am – 10pm, 7 days a week.

Place Description: Leddy Lake is a quiet and peaceful camping area located 24km northwest of Peace River on Highway 743, near Weberville.  Campers can expect very private sites with lots of fire wood available.  Electrical hookups, kitchen shelters and water are available to campers.  Launch your boat and enjoy beautiful sunsets and viewing the many birds and animals living in the area.  While there is no fishing, visitors can enjoy horseshoes, hiking, canoeing and kayaking.  Families visiting here can enjoy a great park for kids as well as a nice sandy area for hours of entertainment.   In the winter the fun doesn’t stop. Enjoy a sparkling and crisp winter’s day on a sled trail that starts with a scenic loop at Leddy Lake and runs 40km north to the area of Driftwood Lake near Deadwood.    

Place Description: Rendez-Vous RV Park is a fully-serviced year-round park located just a few minutes east of Peace River off the junction of highway 2 and 688, offering 30 or 50 amp power in our 57 pull through and 50 spacious back-in stalls.  We pride ourselves in our clean restrooms/showers as well as our new coin-operated laundry facility that is open 24/7 for your convenience.  All stalls include picnic tables and complimentary Wi-Fi. As well a variety of our back in stalls have fire pits. We offer daily, weekly or monthly rates and are a pet-friendly facility.  Our office also features a convenience store with an ever-growing inventory of U-Haul supplies, groceries, ICE CREAM, firewood, propane and items for your RV. Rendez-Vous RV Park is located adjacent to Cecil Thompson Park, which offers a fishing pond, playground, walking trails, outdoor exercise equipment, and let’s not forget a giant bouncy pillow. We have secure/fenced storage for both RV/vehicles/boats as well as weatherproof indoor storage units that are available for rent on a monthly basis.  As an authorized U-Haul dealer, our staff can help you with all your moving/storage needs. NEW: Three, one-bedroom cottages & 1 RV drive-in shelter. For more information and to review our current rates please visit our website!

Place Description: 24 km south of Peace River on highway 740 (Shaftesbury Trail), then a free ferry ride across the Peace River. Full hook ups, kitchen shelter, group picnic area, group camping area, tenting area, horse watering stations, concession, showers, hiking trails, horseshoes, playground, fishing.

Place Description: END OF STEEL MUSEUM Bringing the homesteading history of Hines Creek to life. The End of Steel Museum opened to the public in 1985 and has been growing and evolving ever since. The museum celebrates the history of the Hines Creek area which is unique because it was the end of the railway line. The tracks were built only to the point that freight rates would have increased and no further. This entailed the moving of the village, from its original site on the creek from which it takes its name, to the present day location. Hines Creek became a transportation hub with the arrival of the first train in December of 1930 and at one point there were five grain elevators along the tracks. The museum has three historic houses: the Pohaboff House (1928) which is a good example of the sort of small hand-hewn log house built by arriving immigrant settlers; the Carter House (1938) is an unusually large and somewhat grand home, especially as it was built during the Great Depression as Art Carter (of Carter Camp) owned a sawmill; the French “Half-House” (1948-1949) is exactly that, only half the two story home was ever constructed due to financial problems, the staircase is incredibly narrow. These three homes are furnished with time appropriate artifacts to give visitors the feeling that the owners’ might return at any moment. Hines Creek School #4430 is a one room log structure which allows one to imagine what it must have been like to ride to school three on a pony or try to learn when it was so cold out that the wood stove had to be stoked to the point that it was quite literally red hot. There are two historic churches, Christ Lutheran Church (1928-1932) preserved and restored by children of the original builders and St. James Anglican (1938) was erected through a donation from the Women’s Auxiliary of St. James Anglican Church in Stratford, Ontario, prior to that the congregation had to make due with meeting in schools and homes and with Miss Eva Hasell’s Sunday School Caravan. The museum also has a Trapper’s log cabin which while not that old (1975) is no different from a much earlier trapper’s cabin. Although tiny and crude, the temporary shelters resorted to while out on the trapline made this a welcome home base. We also have a caboose, NAR 13021 which was built in Montreal in 1949, and served as bedroom, office, and kitchen for three railmen. In 1945 Morgan’s Confectionary began as John and Mary Morgan’s clothing store, later the couple also had a cafe, grocery, the bus depot and sold all manner of licenses in Hines Creek, after John’s passing in 1967 Mary returned and started the confectionary, running it until she was 91. The Wildlife and Forestry exhibits are housing in a stunning contemporary log building. Inside it boasts an amazing display of local wildlife set in an autumn boreal forest and a comprehensive display of the sort of hand tools that were used to build settlers homes, as well as early chain saws. We also have a large collection of agricultural equipment and machinery, hand tools and early tractors and vehicles, including a Bombardier “Nodwell” the track vehicle that kept the Canadian north connected. Two projects we are currently working on are a Ukrainian Heritage building and a working blacksmith’s shop in our new Blacksmith building. Lubeck Hall is a good example of the sort of community hall that dotted the area, built so that the scattered farm population could have a place to come together, to dance and play and get the news. Today is the location of our Saturday Farmers’ Market, which is a popular place to chat over a cinnamon bun hot out of the oven and a cup of coffee.   SPECIAL EVENTS Pancake Breakfast, 8:30 – 11:00, Canada Day, July 1^st. Adults $10:00, Children 6 – 12 $5.00, Children under 5 free. Pancakes with fresh berries, whipped cream and syrup, ham and eggs make for a delicious breakfast and Morgan’s Confectionary is decorated to celebrate Canada Day! Heritage Day, 8:30 – 6:00, Monday of the August long weekend. Entry by Donation. A pancake breakfast begins the day followed by demonstrations of pioneer crafts, log sawing, an antique tractor parade, horse drawn wagon rides, bannock baked over an open fire, blacksmithing demonstration, petting zoo, games for children, a country market, bread baked in our historic outdoor clay oven, live music, and of course, tours of the museum buildings. There will be hamburgers, hot dogs, homemade pie and ice cream, lemonade and iced tea for sale starting at noon.   INFORMATION LOCATION The museum is located at the intersection of Highway 64 and Highway 685, the southern most of the two exits for Hines Creek. Mailing Address: End of Steel Museum, Box 686, Hines Creek, AB, T0H 2A0   CONTACTS Office: 780-494-3522 (Answering Machine) Curator: 780-834-6538 Jean Young (Wed. – Sat.) Bookings: 780- 835-7827 (Weddings, School Tours, Hall Rental) Email: hinescreekmuseum@gmail.com Website: endofsteelmuseum.weebly.com HOURS Open mid May to mid Sept. Monday to Saturday 10:00 – 6:00 Sunday 1:00 – 6:00 Last tour of buildings 4:30